Harington, who plays Jon Snow, said he still remembers the moment he first saw Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons and Jon's current love interest.

"She came in and I saw her and was like, 'Wow,'" he told Esquire. "She takes your breath away when she walks into a room, Emilia."

Kit Harington recently reflected on his decadelong run on HBO's "Game of Thrones" for Esquire's newest cover story, and he had only the highest words of praise for his costars.

Most notably, Harington, who plays Jon Snow, said he still remembers the moment he first saw Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons and Jon's current love interest.

"I had been talking to Rich Madden" — who played Robb Stark — "at the bar, and he went, 'I've just met the new Daenerys. She's gorgeous.' And I was like, 'Really? I haven't met her yet,'" Harington told Esquire.

"And then she came in and I saw her and was like, 'Wow,'" he continued. "She takes your breath away when she walks into a room, Emilia."

In the eighth season, Harington's Jon Snow and Clarke's Daenerys Targaryen are in love. HBO

"That's a long time to be experiencing the same show and also the same kind of journey, me and Emilia, because we've followed the same path," Harington said. "We both came out of drama school and this was our first big show, and we became kind of the ice and fire of it all a bit — the two youngish leads, I guess."

He added: "I remember our first scene together was bizarre. We kind of looked at each other and tried not to laugh."

Though Clarke and Harington have both been on the show since season one, their characters didn't meet until season seven, episode three. HBO

Harington said that despite rarely filming together over the past decade, they became close friends thanks to press events and "hanging out outside of 'Thrones.'"

"I think we're good mates because we, maybe more than anyone else, know what the other one's going through a bit," he said. "I think no one else other than Emilia will know exactly what being on 'Thrones' is like, the way we're on 'Thrones.'"

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